CHAPTER XXII
A NIGHT OF FUN
“Hullo, what’s this?”
“Well, I never saw such a thing before in my life!”
“Where did the balloon come from?”
“Will somebody show me the way out of this circus tent?”
“Everybody lift!” cried Jack.
The cadets did as ordered, some standing their guns up. The guns acted like short tent-poles, and the bag of the balloon was thus kept a short distance from the ground. Slowly one student after another crawled forth into the open air.
“Is anybody hurt?” asked Captain Putnam, anxiously.
“I was knocked down,” came from Gus Coulter, and he showed where he had been rolled over in the dust.
“I was nearly smothered,” said Mumps.